Spool packing installation



July 12, 1938. w. l. JONES 2,123,849

SPOOL PACKING I NSTALLATION Filed oct. 14, 1955 Patented July 12, 1938@NEED STA'E'ES FATEN'E GFFICE SPO OL PACKING INSTALLATION ApplicationOctober 14, 1935, Serial No. 44,892

3 Claims.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a spool packinginstallation.

In the drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention:

Fig. 1 is a section of a portion of a box or container, several spoolsin position being shown in elevation;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. l with the cover removed;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section of a spool taken on the line 3 3 of Fig.l;

Fig. 4 is a top plan View of a fastener member; and

Fig. 5 is a side view of the fastener member shown in Fig. 4.

The object of my invention is to provide a means for packing a quantityof spools or the like in a box or container by a simple and inexpensivemethod whereby the spools will remain in 20 a fixed position one toanother during a movement of the box as in transport.

Referring to the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of myinvention, I have shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a box or container I, asupporting strip 2, and a series of spools 3. The spools 3 are attachedto the supporting strip 2 by means of the fastener members 4. Thefastener members 4 may be attached to the supporting strip 2 by therivets 5 as shown in Fig. 2 and 3.

A fastener member 4, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, is generally rectangularin shape and preferably made of a single piece of spring metal. Twolooped spring portions 6 are pressed upwardly from the base to provide alongitudinal spring action in the fastener member. End portions and 8are raised slightly from the base line of the fastener member and extendgenerally parallel to the base line. An aperture 9 is provided as ameans for riveting the member 4 to the supporting structure 2.

The spool 3, which I have taken as a preferred illustration, has a hubpart III surrounding a sheet metal pin II as shown in Fig. 3. The hubIIl may be made of any suitable material. To one end of the spool I haveattached a metal base part I2. The base I2 is generally circular inshape and is hollowed upwardly toward its center where an aperture isprovided as a means for attachment to the pin II. The base part I2 isbent downwardly at the positions I3, as shown in section in Fig. 3, toprovide a support for the hub Iii; and the outermost flange of the basepart is turned downwardly and inwardly toward its center to provide thehook-shaped portions I4 and (Cl. 24S- 361) I5. The other end of thespool may also have a base part the same as the part I2.

In assembling the spool installation together. the fastener members 4are attached to the supporting strip 2 in a properly spaced position toreceive the spools 3. The supporting strip 2 is then fastened within thecontainer I. To attach the spools 3 to the fastener member 4, thehookshaped portion I4' of the spool is hooked over the end portion 1 ofthe fastener member. Then, if a longitudinal pressure is employed towardthe opposite end portion 8, the member 4 will contract sufficiently, dueto the spring action in one or both of the looped portions 6, to allowthe hook-shaped portion I5 of the spool to slip over the end portion 8.When the longitudinal pressure is released the member 4 willautomatically spring back to its normal position and the spool 3 will besecurely engaged with the fastener member 4. The fastener member 4 is soconstructed that a similar action will take place if the spool 3 isfirst hooked to the end portion 8.

The spool 3 is disengaged from the fastener member 4 by employing anupward pull force on the spool in a vertical direction to the fastenermember. The spring resiliency in the fastener member 4 will permit theopposite end portions I and 8 to move upward in a direction with thepull force until they are at a distance, one to another, which willallow the base hooks I4 and I5 to slip off the end portions. The endportions will then return to their normal spaced apart position readyfor a future engagement operation.

While I have illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of myinvention, I do not wish to be limited thereby, because the scope of myinvention is best defined by the following claims.

I claim:

l. In combination with a supporting structure having a fastener membersecured thereto, said fastener member having a raised portion at one endand a looped portion providing longitudinal spring action in saidfastener member, an article to be supported having a base portion with ahollow rim for cooperative hooking engagement with the fastener memberon said supporting structure.

2. In combination with a supporting structure having a fastener membersecured thereto, said fastener member having opposite raised endportions and at least one looped portion providing longitudinal springaction in said fastener member, an article to be supported having acircular sheet metal base portion with a hollow rim for cooperativehooking engagement with the fastener member on said supportingstructure.

3. In combination With a rigid supporting structure having a fastenermember secured thereto, said fastener member having opposite endportions spaced from said supporting structure and having loop-shapedmeans formed as a part of the fastener intermediate its ends forproviding longitudinal spring action whereby the fastener may beforeshortened, an article to be supported having a hollow rim of fixeddimensions at the periphery thereof for engagement With the end portionsof the fastener member on said supporting structure by hooking one endof the fastener into the hollow rim and then longitudinallyforeshortening the fastener to permit the other end to engage in thehollow rim.

WALTER I. JONES.

